After a short break The ARC is back. This week's episode is a little different. Paul interviews Nella, who does not give us the usual life story, but keeps the focus tight on Recovery. Nella discusses her first eight years clean. In this time, she built a life, got the partner, great job, went to meetings, gained social acceptability with no sponsor or step work. From the outside looking in, things were looking good. Nella relapses, keeps coming back. A beautiful little angel comes into her life motivating her to get clean. This time around, Nella is doing things differently. Getting herself a sponsor, currently working and living the changes the steps have brought her.

Nella gives us an important story, discussing clean time as opposed to Recovery.

Links for support over the net

https://virtual-na.org   - Virtual NA Meetings Online & by Phone "Bringing Narcotics Anonymous Meetings to Remote or Isolated Addicts from around the world who may, for whatever reason, be unable to attend local face to face meetings."

https://www.navic.net.au/meetings - Virtual NA meetings in Melbourne Australia

If you have any tips to share in regards to Recovery and lockdown, or just generally regarding making lockdown easier, please get on The ARC - Addiction Recovery Cast Facebook page and send us a message. 

Bruce tells us about growing up in Western Sydney in the 50s and 60s. At 17 he moves to Bondi Beach, where the party starts. Bruce talks of his joining the Royal Australian Navy, singing in the Punk Band World War 4 and producing hits like ‘Violence is Golden’. He tells is about being a young gay man in Australia, and how this was a jailable offence in the 1970s. This notion becomes more horrific, with the possible length of time in jail which Bruce reveals and the emergence of HIV in the early 1980s. He talks of the circumstances in which he receives his HIV results, which is truly incredible.

The guys discuss a reading from the Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, Chapter 4 - How It Works, Step One, pages 20-21. Bruce talks about meditation and his lifelong deepening spirituality, the responsibility of Recovery and issues that are common amongst gay men in who enter Recovery. A fascinating interview with a most beautiful man, for whom Paul has the utmost respect.

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Links for support over the net

https://virtual-na.org   - Virtual NA Meetings Online & by Phone "Bringing Narcotics Anonymous Meetings to Remote or Isolated Addicts from around the world who may, for whatever reason, be unable to attend local face to face meetings."

https://www.navic.net.au/meetings - Virtual NA meetings in Melbourne Australia

If you have any tips to share in regards to Recovery and lockdown, or just generally regarding making lockdown easier, please get on The ARC - Addiction Recovery Cast Facebook page and send us a message. 

Paul only had about 90 minutes' sleep last night. So, as his mate Dave P used to say about Paul's shares, "I don't know if he's being spiritual, or talking absolute shit."

I guess that applies to this episode. Paul reflects upon a using dream he had a few nights ago. He discusses his experience with using dreams, their frequency, the way they impact him, and looks at some research regarding peeps in Recovery and using dreams. He angrily rambles a bit about spiritual shops, the ones that have the word 'magic' in the shop name, but spell it majik or magik. Then his defects come out when he discusses the shit they sell. Paul rattles on a bit more, discussing Jungian dream theory, how this assists him with his 11th Step, then finally acknowledges that 'using dreams' are a pretty normal thing for addicts in Recovery.

Links for support over the net

https://virtual-na.org   - Virtual NA Meetings Online & by Phone "Bringing Narcotics Anonymous Meetings to Remote or Isolated Addicts from around the world who may, for whatever reason, be unable to attend local face to face meetings."

https://www.navic.net.au/meetings - Virtual NA meetings in Melbourne Australia

If you have any tips to share in regards to Recovery and lockdown, or just generally regarding making lockdown easier, please get on The ARC - Addiction Recovery Cast Facebook page and send us a message. 

And as usual listeners, please like, share, subscribe, review and give us feedback.